''Ardbert was a trusting soul, constantly being drawn into the troubles of others. Yet in spite of this, he never thought twice when he saw someone in need. He always tried to help. It was no different then. The world needed heroes─it needed him. And yet... He was a good man. He deserved to be happy. I wish I could have told him that, at least.''
When he was like “You can hear me!?” I was like “OH NO HE’S BEEN ALONE FOR SO LONG!!” And that’s why it didn’t bother me when he followed us around everywhere 🤣 I just wanted to give him a hug
"O gods, how long as it been..." This sentence striked me hard when i realized that when the WoD (ardbert and the others) left with minfilia, was back in 3.4 Soul Surrender, he has been alone from 3.5-5.0, the entire stormblood expansion. Thancred was the first to go to the first and the game states hes been there for roughly 5 years, imagine how hard it has been for ardbert being alone wandering his home world consumed by light, noone knows he is there until we reply to him. It's very sad indeed.
Remember, during 3.4, the Flood is _in progress_ on Norvrandt. It stops when they, and Minfilia, return. He's been alone since the day the Flood was halted. Over hundred _bloody_ years ago!
@@kiraina25 Yeah, It's a testament to Ardbert's inner strength that being a "ghost" like that for so long, in a world that had long since begun demonizing and cursing him & his friends, hadn't driven him mad.
"We did everything! everything that was asked of us and still...it wasn't enough!" "If you had the strength to take another step, could you do it? Could you save our worlds?" "Take it! We fight as one!" "This world is not yours to end.....this is our future. Our story"
"If you had the strength to do it..." *mashes option* "I beat ultima weapon and the Garlean prince who became a fucking dragon, I made peace between the not-elves and dragons, I liberated Ala Mhigo AND Doma, and now I'm here punking the third goddamn Ascian who thinks he can step to me. YOU AND I ARE WARRIORS, YOU KNOW I CAN!"
So, I realized this is a slower, solemn version of the Maker's Ruin. Saw someone refer to this as the WoD's and Ardbert's theme, which...actually holds merit when you realize the Maker's Ruin is the WoL's combat theme.
Maker's Ruin has had me in chokehold since I started playing this in the summer. I'm finally here and the feels are real. There apparently are a few more songs with this chord.
I agree completely. Maker's Ruin is not the purest WoL theme, this is. With shoutouts to the variation in Torn from the Heavens that reappears in Song of Hope.
And now the WoL is *never* away from him, even in The Source And I pretty much imagine him commenting and snarking at all of the stuff you do like Nail from DBZ Abridged with Piccolo Ardbert (in the WoL's mind): Ah, doing the swimsuit glamour again...while on your way to a meeting...*in Ishgard* WoL (out loud): Shut up, Ardbert!
It's so sad, hearing this, looking at eulamore, the other regions and thinking... This is Eorzea at the end of its ropes. Imagine if we had to start out in a dark version of norvandt, because Eorzea was plunged in darkness; an empty pitch, the world fading at the seams.
This theme makes me kinda sad. The part where he tried to save the medic and failed, and the part where Seto was telling us that Ardbert deserved to be happy made me cry lol
@MyVanir hehe I chose the option that said “ you’re putting me off my food” and he started talking about this banquet lol. But I did watch a video of the Seto conversation, and I loved it
Mine was **SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS** when Emet-Serch captured the Crystal Exarch and left you nearly bleeding nearly transforming into a lightwarden. You wake up and the light flood returned and you decide to go outside to talk to people everyone felt a sense of defeat and they used this song. Feo Ul also spoke to you and saw you really sad and defeated and she felt really bad. Nearly made me cry....
"Let us imagine that the laws of reality are again undone, and the world faces true annihilation. Do you honestly believe half your number would sacrifice themselves to save the other? OF COURSE THEY WOULDN'T! And if you had witness history unfolded as I did, you would reach the same conclusion! You cannot be entrusted with our legacy. I will bring back our brethren. Our friends. Our loved ones. The world belongs to us, and us alone. " -Emer-Selch
It kinda saddens me that we only learned of the tremendous sacrifice performed to send the Crystal tower to the 1st and allow Graha Tia to alter history after Emet was already dead. The 200ish years of people living, working and dying, just to create a fleeting possibility of saving their world, something they in all likelihood would not even benefit from themselves, would have been a perfect response to Emet's rant here.
This reminds me of Roxas’ theme from Kingdom Hearts a lot. Even the set up is similar with the other character being your doppelgänger whose life is now forfeit because he was destined to fail.
The Maker's Ruin has been one of my favorite tracks this entire -game-. I love how it's basically become the theme to the Warriors of Darkness. It's hard to really explain my feelings on it, but I really get this feeling of almost-hope but also deep sorrow from it. Because now we know who the Makers were. And we know what their ruin was.
I'd say it's more like the theme for both the Warrior of Light and the Warriors of Darkness. Remember, the first time The Maker's Ruin ever plays is when we fight Ultima Weapon for the first time, and then it appears again as a leitmotif during the boss fight with "Final Omega" during "From The Heavens". I see The Maker's Ruin as being the theme that begins when Hope has been all but lost, only to remind you that the fight still isn't over, you're still standing, so there is still Hope, so stand back up and fight like you've never fought before and save the world like you have done so many times in the past. Stand strong, beat the odds, and WIN!
@@Darkmage1293 Such an awesome moment. Overall, the positivity leading up to the Innocence fight was so high that I should've known I was about to be gut-punched.
Ever since the 3.3 story I was hoping for Ardberts return I was not expecting him to retuen like THAT though... Still, I think he was my favorite character this story, hells, I haven't felt a connection this deep to an NPC since Haurchefant
We fought and we fought and we fought...until there was no one left to fight. We won...and now our world is being erased from existence. We did everything right, everything that was asked of us, and still─still it came to this! You of all people should understand! We cannot─we will not falter. We brought our world to the brink of destruction, and now we must save it.
ARR: Oh wow, shit got fuuuuucked, that's okay. With spirit and uncapturing Minfilia, we'll save the day. HW: Man... things are looking bleak, but I know there's a brighter future, let's go! SB: That zenos guy is a dick, but we are the light, look at these rebellions go, it's kickass time. ShB: *SO MANY DAMN EMOTIONS STOP KICKING ME WHILE IM DOWN*
I looked for this for so long. This is by far one of the best square's ever done. "Melancholic" is the perfect word. It hit right home for a all around FF fan as myself.
I just realized after doing MSQ roulette and then binge watching some ShB cutscene in the Journey book why this theme always sounded so familiar to me. XD;;
I honestly though Heavensward was an amazing story line, and then Shadowbringers came out and honestly from level 70 when you start to the last MSQ I cried my eyes out...like I want this theme song, its tragic and just heartbreaking
Response to Y'shtola telling me to rest: "Yes, mother." Y'shtola: "None of that cheek or I shall take you across my knee." *Instantly made a small fanfiction that just continues that and adds to the fire that's clearly already there!*
Who else got so emotionally hung up on the dialogue that this played on repeat?.......Sometimes this plays in my mind when I'm stressed out and thinking.
R.I.P. Ardbert... your name & legacy will alway be remembered for you have become an eternal epitaph... peace be on your beloved & blessing soul... goodbye friend...
It's very interesting to me that a lot of people associate this track more with their memories of encounters with Ardbert, wheras my first thoughts always go to meeting the Crystal Exarch for the first time in person and any of his scenes where this track plays, of which there are also plenty. Though in truth, I suppose you could call this the Leitmotif of those who struggled and endured to save their worlds regardless of what it'd cost them personally as well as the theme of the First.
For what it's worth, I cast my lot with yours. If you need a push, I'll be right there behind you. If you lose control, I'll try my best to stop you. So, let us be about it, hero.
What Itai said. "The Maker's Ruin" tends to play a lot for the WoL's key moments, so it really is our theme. Which lends that much more strength to this arrangement for Ardbert.
@@BlademasterJale I like to think of it as the Heroism theme. Anyone can take up the mantle, Warrior of Light or Darkness, and this is the theme for those who do.
@@cryw1092 True. The Exarch and his mirror is a lot safer than that particular person who probably stalked at you 24/7 from Hydaelyn's side. Pretty sure "keeping the dawn safe" isn't the only thing she's updated into lol
This music legit gives me chills. This whole expansion has great music, and this remix of The Maker's Ruin is simply amazing. Helps set Ardbert as a character just from the music alone, and Ardbert makes this expansion all the more worth it. Kind of miss him already from in the post-story stuff...
This expansion actually made me want a singleplayer spin-off game about Ardbert and his friends becoming the Warriors of Light and then ending with them killing the Shadowkeeper and seeing the Flood of Light.
How many years have come and gone since that day? How many years have I waited for this moment? For the one that stood against the storm... For the one they call the Warrior of Light.
finally after all these years I can finally do it I can finally set my mind at ease by playing this masterpiece for all my two cranial side ducts to witness!
Back here from the end of 6.0. Sure this song was feelsy, but who would've thought... [Spoilers ahead] ENDSINGER PHASE 2. "MORE THAN TRUTH" BUT A HEADBANGER!!! THAT WAS LIT!
Shadowbringers was filled with amazing characters like Emet-Selch, G'raha Tia, and Feo Ul, as well as a tonne of minor characters who I cheered when seeing them all come together for the giant talos, but Ardbert by far was the best. God damn, his arc of a lost soul who gave up long ago becoming reinvigorated was spectacular, and I am so glad he's now with us forever.
I think the best part of it all was the unbearable light. It's often a theme to have darkness be oppressing and scary; but there was something just ominous about endless, bright light everywhere. You realize that light and dark aren't inherently related to our opinions of good or evil; that both are required to achieve a balance. It's very D&D. Where the axis of Law and Chaos, Good and Evil, are required to maintain equilibrium, and when one exceeds the other...well, you get this. I'm very interested to see where this story plays out. To see zodiark and hydalen interact. or how we react to Hydalen now.
Spoiler alert: In the end i fell happy about him, when he encounter his friends he deserves it he deserves to be happy .. he's more like bro to my character
"Listen well, all o' ye! Since the signin' o' the Galadion Accord, we all of us have been a part o' the same crew. The crew o' the good ship, Limsa Lominsa. At the helm o' that ship is the Admiral, an' 'tis _she_ who decides where we sail. Was I not clear on that point? Or did ye forget whose deck ye stand on? Nay? *_THEN WHAT IN THE SEVEN 'ELLS'RE YE PLAYIN' AT!!?_* "
I like how in heavensword when Ardbert said that his world was on the brink of destruction and need to destroy the source to do it I was like FUCK THAT….now after playing shadowbringer I’m like fuck…..I feel very sorry for him. Thank god the WOL/WOD actual was like I need to save this world too
I genuinely feel sad n happy when i hear his theme sad for the fact that as a ghost he was crying for help that he knew no one will hear. But i am happy when i hear this theme cause it show even at the end despite the ppl we have ardbert was the one who team up with me to end the game
I think it's the prominent use of woodwind. KH's soundtrack _loves_ woodwind (for good reason, it has that comfy homely nostalgic feel), so whenever I hear it used heavily in a track I get KH vibes.
It might end up being the song we get at the very end of Shadowbringers. It's definitely the song I associate most with the expansion when I think of it.
That is my thoughts exactly. The way it shows up in Ultima and Omega makes me feel like that It was more of a boss fight for Omega and Ultima than for us.
It is indeed THE main ARR theme more than anything. This plays in the towns in Eorzea. This is the core theme of Torn From the Heavens (used in some superfates, a few trials, and CM). This is the core theme for Praetorium and The Burn. So yes, this is very much the Warrior of Light's (player's) theme.
Oliver Channelle Not this exact song, the leitmotif or "theme" if you will. Listen to this, then Praetorium's music, then Torn From The Heavens, and then teleport to Camp Bronze Lake. They, and more, are all different pieces using the same theme. In Heavensward, for example, you could hear its main theme in Coerthas West, Ishgard proper, Aetherochemical Facility music, Thordan fight, Dusk Vigil, and more. I confused the Dusk Vigil one for Amdapor a bit since its the Heavensward theme but with the same kind of sounds as Amdapor.
Let us imagine that the laws of reality are again undone, and the world faces true annihilation. Do you honestly believe that half your number would sacrifice themselves to save the other?! OF COURSE THEY WOULDN'T!!!
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''Ardbert was a trusting soul, constantly being drawn into the troubles of others. Yet in spite of this, he never thought twice when he saw someone in need. He always tried to help.
It was no different then. The world needed heroes─it needed him. And yet...
He was a good man. He deserved to be happy. I wish I could have told him that, at least.''
Gods that scene had me tear up. I'm internally screaming "HE KNOWS!!!! HE KNOWSSSSSS! ;-;"
I was externally screaming it 💜
@@FireWarrior2013 “Seto my old friend, You’ve grown.”
Stop making me cry you guys, this is soul wrecking 😭
I was at that part a couple of days ago, i couldn't stop tearing up. Seto is so adorable ç.ç
someone: you should have a rest
me: oh time for me to talk about sadness with my imaginary boyfriend
Lamitt would like to know your location.
...This is a Shempai quote isn't it?
@@DarkonFullPower lmao wouldnt surprise me
your imaginary boyfriend is also yourself
This theme sums up 90% of the MSQ. Spent more of my time trying not to cry, and the other 10% shouting WE FALL!
When he was like “You can hear me!?” I was like “OH NO HE’S BEEN ALONE FOR SO LONG!!” And that’s why it didn’t bother me when he followed us around everywhere 🤣 I just wanted to give him a hug
*Fight and struggle. Seek salvation by your own hands.*
*Though the losses be grave, endure them. Though the victories be hollow, claim them*
"O gods, how long as it been..."
This sentence striked me hard when i realized that when the WoD (ardbert and the others) left with minfilia, was back in 3.4 Soul Surrender, he has been alone from 3.5-5.0, the entire stormblood expansion. Thancred was the first to go to the first and the game states hes been there for roughly 5 years, imagine how hard it has been for ardbert being alone wandering his home world consumed by light, noone knows he is there until we reply to him. It's very sad indeed.
Remember, during 3.4, the Flood is _in progress_ on Norvrandt. It stops when they, and Minfilia, return. He's been alone since the day the Flood was halted. Over hundred _bloody_ years ago!
@@kiraina25 Yeah, It's a testament to Ardbert's inner strength that being a "ghost" like that for so long, in a world that had long since begun demonizing and cursing him & his friends, hadn't driven him mad.
"We did everything! everything that was asked of us and still...it wasn't enough!"
"If you had the strength to take another step, could you do it? Could you save our worlds?"
"Take it! We fight as one!"
"This world is not yours to end.....this is our future. Our story"
One life. For one world. A fair trade, wouldn't you agree?!
"If you had the strength to do it..."
*mashes option* "I beat ultima weapon and the Garlean prince who became a fucking dragon, I made peace between the not-elves and dragons, I liberated Ala Mhigo AND Doma, and now I'm here punking the third goddamn Ascian who thinks he can step to me. YOU AND I ARE WARRIORS, YOU KNOW I CAN!"
The feels. Ardbert was an amazing character. I'm glad to have him be part of me.
@@Darkmage1293 "Well. It's not as if I ripped Nidhogg's eyes from Estinien all by myself, you know. Care to take that step with me?"
"We did everything right! Everything that was asked of us and still... STILL it came to this!"
So, I realized this is a slower, solemn version of the Maker's Ruin. Saw someone refer to this as the WoD's and Ardbert's theme, which...actually holds merit when you realize the Maker's Ruin is the WoL's combat theme.
Maker's Ruin has had me in chokehold since I started playing this in the summer. I'm finally here and the feels are real. There apparently are a few more songs with this chord.
I agree completely. Maker's Ruin is not the purest WoL theme, this is. With shoutouts to the variation in Torn from the Heavens that reappears in Song of Hope.
Thought Torn From the Heavens was WOL's theme.
I can hear it.
Finally the music when Ardbert invades my privacy!
*Can't sleep, ennemies are nearby*
Ardbert not now im showering !
And now the WoL is *never* away from him, even in The Source
And I pretty much imagine him commenting and snarking at all of the stuff you do like Nail from DBZ Abridged with Piccolo
Ardbert (in the WoL's mind): Ah, doing the swimsuit glamour again...while on your way to a meeting...*in Ishgard*
WoL (out loud): Shut up, Ardbert!
@@BroadwayRonMexico This is now my headcanon
@@BroadwayRonMexico
Ardbert: "So... thats pretty small for a hero's di-"
WoL: "Well fuck you too."
Can't reiterate how fantastic ShB's MSQ is. Absolutely gripping from beginning to end.
Would you care to learn about the joys of trolleys?
It's so sad, hearing this, looking at eulamore, the other regions and thinking...
This is Eorzea at the end of its ropes. Imagine if we had to start out in a dark version of norvandt, because Eorzea was plunged in darkness; an empty pitch, the world fading at the seams.
@@Spritus3241 There is a dark version. It’s called the Void.
This theme makes me kinda sad. The part where he tried to save the medic and failed, and the part where Seto was telling us that Ardbert deserved to be happy made me cry lol
At least we got a scene of WoL and Ardbert bonding over their chocobo/amaro partners.
@MyVanir hehe I chose the option that said “ you’re putting me off my food” and he started talking about this banquet lol. But I did watch a video of the Seto conversation, and I loved it
Mine was **SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS**
when Emet-Serch captured the Crystal Exarch and left you nearly bleeding nearly transforming into a lightwarden. You wake up and the light flood returned and you decide to go outside to talk to people everyone felt a sense of defeat and they used this song. Feo Ul also spoke to you and saw you really sad and defeated and she felt really bad. Nearly made me cry....
"Let us imagine that the laws of reality are again undone, and the world faces true annihilation. Do you honestly believe half your number would sacrifice themselves to save the other? OF COURSE THEY WOULDN'T! And if you had witness history unfolded as I did, you would reach the same conclusion! You cannot be entrusted with our legacy. I will bring back our brethren. Our friends. Our loved ones. The world belongs to us, and us alone.
"
-Emer-Selch
Can't help but notice he said "OUR friends" instead of "MY friends". #WoL was on the ancient one council confirmed
@@7Celestron Holy shit that went right over my head. He pretty much confirms he knew the WoL before the sundering.
It kinda saddens me that we only learned of the tremendous sacrifice performed to send the Crystal tower to the 1st and allow Graha Tia to alter history after Emet was already dead. The 200ish years of people living, working and dying, just to create a fleeting possibility of saving their world, something they in all likelihood would not even benefit from themselves, would have been a perfect response to Emet's rant here.
@@7Celestron I know its late but and with the story from 5.3 ... but in this case its probably means him and the other Ascians ...with that ours ...
I really liked that Ardbert was the philosophical guidance for me.
This reminds me of Roxas’ theme from Kingdom Hearts a lot. Even the set up is similar with the other character being your doppelgänger whose life is now forfeit because he was destined to fail.
The Maker's Ruin has been one of my favorite tracks this entire -game-. I love how it's basically become the theme to the Warriors of Darkness. It's hard to really explain my feelings on it, but I really get this feeling of almost-hope but also deep sorrow from it. Because now we know who the Makers were. And we know what their ruin was.
I'd say it's more like the theme for both the Warrior of Light and the Warriors of Darkness. Remember, the first time The Maker's Ruin ever plays is when we fight Ultima Weapon for the first time, and then it appears again as a leitmotif during the boss fight with "Final Omega" during "From The Heavens". I see The Maker's Ruin as being the theme that begins when Hope has been all but lost, only to remind you that the fight still isn't over, you're still standing, so there is still Hope, so stand back up and fight like you've never fought before and save the world like you have done so many times in the past. Stand strong, beat the odds, and WIN!
i swear every cutscene with Ardbert in it made me cry
People gush about Emet being the best character in ShB, meanwhile I gave up fighting the tears by the 2nd private room cutscene.
I got a small smile when we invited him to the elevator ride.
@@MyVanir Although I love Ardbert, Emet is hands down my favorite character.
@@Darkmage1293 Such an awesome moment. Overall, the positivity leading up to the Innocence fight was so high that I should've known I was about to be gut-punched.
I love Ardbert
Such a melancholy yet beautiful soundtrack...
It's the Maker's Ruin (the unofficial Warrior of Light's theme) but slowed down and melancholic. It's works so damn well.
@@Aregulargameplayer Indeed.
Ever since the 3.3 story I was hoping for Ardberts return
I was not expecting him to retuen like THAT though...
Still, I think he was my favorite character this story, hells, I haven't felt a connection this deep to an NPC since Haurchefant
Itai Sprachman Fate may be cruel, but a smile better suits a hero.
Yeah i know. I went all of stormblood without really loving a character (though hien has grown on me) then ardbert returns an WHAM FEELS.
RIP Lord Hamburger
Same, friend. Same
Maybe because he is the you from another world after all :)
"Gods, let this work!"
I shuttered and sobbed to that scene
That scene broke my heart. I was hoping so hard it'd work.
F
That whole duty and scene wrecked me. Ardbert trying to stop the sin water and then Lyna falling and her speech...
I actually got kind of emotional at that scene.
We fought and we fought and we fought...until there was no one left to fight. We won...and now our world is being erased from existence.
We did everything right, everything that was asked of us, and still─still it came to this!
You of all people should understand! We cannot─we will not falter. We brought our world to the brink of destruction, and now we must save it.
I want an Ardbert the friendly ghost to advise me through life. T.T
Same, but wherever we shall go he will always be with us and in our hearts.
From the makers of Casper the friendly ghost comes:
Ardbert the depressed ghost!
As long as he'd do it somewhere else than the bedroom...
@@Janzeleus no no, he can join...
I FINALLY FOUND THE DAMN THEME THATS BEEN STUCK IN MY HEAD!
ARR: Oh wow, shit got fuuuuucked, that's okay. With spirit and uncapturing Minfilia, we'll save the day.
HW: Man... things are looking bleak, but I know there's a brighter future, let's go!
SB: That zenos guy is a dick, but we are the light, look at these rebellions go, it's kickass time.
ShB: *SO MANY DAMN EMOTIONS STOP KICKING ME WHILE IM DOWN*
Meanwhile, Endwalker: *PROCEEDS TO KICK THOSE EMOTIONS EVEN HARDER*
I looked for this for so long. This is by far one of the best square's ever done. "Melancholic" is the perfect word. It hit right home for a all around FF fan as myself.
Ngl... The Maker's Ruin was always my favorite of the ARR ost so hearing it like this... Hits in the heart.
I just realized after doing MSQ roulette and then binge watching some ShB cutscene in the Journey book why this theme always sounded so familiar to me. XD;;
I honestly though Heavensward was an amazing story line, and then Shadowbringers came out and honestly from level 70 when you start to the last MSQ I cried my eyes out...like I want this theme song, its tragic and just heartbreaking
Someone: You should rest-
Me, already running back to the inn to speak with my ghost boyfriend:
Gwyneth Cloa worth it. Every time!
Response to Y'shtola telling me to rest: "Yes, mother."
Y'shtola: "None of that cheek or I shall take you across my knee."
*Instantly made a small fanfiction that just continues that and adds to the fire that's clearly already there!*
The moment when he tries to pick up the cup of water ;-;
Seto and Gods let this work are where I cried.
"GODSDAMNIT!!! Please let this work, PLEASE LET THIS WORK!"
@@Darkmage1293 That scene was so heart-crushing, I really thought it was going to work.
"Everything we did, everything we gave... what was it for?"
The clipping issues have really gotten out of hand.
Clipping through the cup. Ardbert confirmed from Skyrim. -Shenpai
Who else got so emotionally hung up on the dialogue that this played on repeat?.......Sometimes this plays in my mind when I'm stressed out and thinking.
I like to think of this theme as the warrior of light reflecting on their situation. one of the few times where they act on their own
R.I.P. Ardbert... your name & legacy will alway be remembered for you have become an eternal epitaph... peace be on your beloved & blessing soul... goodbye friend...
It's very interesting to me that a lot of people associate this track more with their memories of encounters with Ardbert, wheras my first thoughts always go to meeting the Crystal Exarch for the first time in person and any of his scenes where this track plays, of which there are also plenty.
Though in truth, I suppose you could call this the Leitmotif of those who struggled and endured to save their worlds regardless of what it'd cost them personally as well as the theme of the First.
Everything we did...Everything we gave....What was it for?
"I did not become a Guardian for such a thing!"
Oh wait, wrong character.
Every interaction with Ardbert is a straight up privilege. Hes the best FF character ever made. Hands down.
It’s kinda weird how much I love the dynamic between our WoL and Ardbert considering how we don’t even talk
For what it's worth, I cast my lot with yours. If you need a push, I'll be right there behind you. If you lose control, I'll try my best to stop you.
So, let us be about it, hero.
I feel like this is Ardbert AND the wol's theme...
One brings shadow, one brings light
Two-toned echoes tumbling through time
Not to mention it plays in Omega's battle theme
I mean, the og Makers ruin is pretty much our theme
So yhaa
What Itai said. "The Maker's Ruin" tends to play a lot for the WoL's key moments, so it really is our theme. Which lends that much more strength to this arrangement for Ardbert.
@@BlademasterJale I like to think of it as the Heroism theme. Anyone can take up the mantle, Warrior of Light or Darkness, and this is the theme for those who do.
Oh my god, I have been looking everywhere for this song. Thank you.
Ardbert is more than a friend, he's my soulmate. Really my soulmate.
This is honestly the best track in the game. If I could take one thing away from Shadowbringers and keep it with me, it'd be this.
This and The Tempest
La HEE
The main theme that plays during the final trial though.
Crystal Exarch!
My room is haunted!
Wait a second... can that mirror... see everything I am doing in my room?
Yes, but he respects your privacy. Presumably.
@@cryw1092 True. The Exarch and his mirror is a lot safer than that particular person who probably stalked at you 24/7 from Hydaelyn's side. Pretty sure "keeping the dawn safe" isn't the only thing she's updated into lol
Just make sure you wash your hands after and no one will know.
You could stand to be cleaner when you eat.
This music legit gives me chills. This whole expansion has great music, and this remix of The Maker's Ruin is simply amazing. Helps set Ardbert as a character just from the music alone, and Ardbert makes this expansion all the more worth it. Kind of miss him already from in the post-story stuff...
His story is a sad one for sure..by far my favorite character
This expansion actually made me want a singleplayer spin-off game about Ardbert and his friends becoming the Warriors of Light and then ending with them killing the Shadowkeeper and seeing the Flood of Light.
There was so much emotion in this expac. Square Enix really hits deep with some intense philosophy and moral dilemma
I was crying within the first five notes, thanks!
One of the best Final Fantasy songs hands down.
How do I already have a nostalgic feeling for this OST. Something about Shadowbringers was just next level
Freaking finally! tyvm for posting!
Ardbert, the 1.0 Warrior hero
We didnt forget you and the original Warrior of Light of 1.0
I just want to give ardbert a hug :( He deserves it
You, thank the gods for uploading the osts I need! Now I can listen to them freely w/o having to log in!
Ardbert would be 100 percentile WAR on fflogs for sure
I really love it when Soken makes songs like this. It’s very memorable to listen to even outside the game. 🔥
How many years have come and gone since that day?
How many years have I waited for this moment?
For the one that stood against the storm...
For the one they call the Warrior of Light.
finally after all these years I can finally do it I can finally set my mind at ease by playing this masterpiece for all my two cranial side ducts to witness!
Loved him so much that I made my rez macro “if you had the strength to take another step, could you do it?”
I just wanna hug him so hard and never let go!
Putting the "ruin" in Maker's Ruin
Back here from the end of 6.0. Sure this song was feelsy, but who would've thought... [Spoilers ahead]
ENDSINGER PHASE 2. "MORE THAN TRUTH" BUT A HEADBANGER!!! THAT WAS LIT!
The scene where Ardbert's ghost appears with a clean axe just kills me every time
Shadowbringers was filled with amazing characters like Emet-Selch, G'raha Tia, and Feo Ul, as well as a tonne of minor characters who I cheered when seeing them all come together for the giant talos, but Ardbert by far was the best. God damn, his arc of a lost soul who gave up long ago becoming reinvigorated was spectacular, and I am so glad he's now with us forever.
I think the best part of it all was the unbearable light. It's often a theme to have darkness be oppressing and scary; but there was something just ominous about endless, bright light everywhere. You realize that light and dark aren't inherently related to our opinions of good or evil; that both are required to achieve a balance.
It's very D&D. Where the axis of Law and Chaos, Good and Evil, are required to maintain equilibrium, and when one exceeds the other...well, you get this.
I'm very interested to see where this story plays out. To see zodiark and hydalen interact. or how we react to Hydalen now.
@@Darkmage1293 My response to Hydaelyn on the boat to Old Sharlayan: "I can trust your words no longer."
"Everything we did. Everything we gave. What was it for?"
Spoiler alert:
In the end i fell happy about him, when he encounter his friends he deserves it he deserves to be happy .. he's more like bro to my character
Opa um Brasileiro !
This is my favorite song from Shadowbringers and wow it is emotional
"Listen well, all o' ye! Since the signin' o' the Galadion Accord, we all of us have been a part o' the same crew. The crew o' the good ship, Limsa Lominsa. At the helm o' that ship is the Admiral, an' 'tis _she_ who decides where we sail. Was I not clear on that point? Or did ye forget whose deck ye stand on? Nay?
*_THEN WHAT IN THE SEVEN 'ELLS'RE YE PLAYIN' AT!!?_* "
Oh I remember that part. Somebody recruit that man and make him a goddamn Drill Instructor!
I like how in heavensword when Ardbert said that his world was on the brink of destruction and need to destroy the source to do it I was like FUCK THAT….now after playing shadowbringer I’m like fuck…..I feel very sorry for him. Thank god the WOL/WOD actual was like I need to save this world too
This theme makes me really sad for some reason ;-;
Sad but also a bit hopeful... and isn't that just perfect for his story?
@@WintermothStudios Hope seems to be the biggest theme of Shadowbringers.
it gives me constant goosebumps lol.
If we are Ardbert, then this is also our theme.
Given that "The Maker's Ruin" is our (The Warrior of Light's) theme, and this song is based on that, you're correct, they're both ours.
I cast down upon thee leaving out that beautiful voiceacting.
It hasn't even been a year and I feel nostalgia listening to this
Thank you for this!!!
*Plays Tiniest Violin*
*Tries not to cry*
*Cries a lot*
I genuinely feel sad n happy when i hear his theme sad for the fact that as a ghost he was crying for help that he knew no one will hear. But i am happy when i hear this theme cause it show even at the end despite the ppl we have ardbert was the one who team up with me to end the game
I'm gonna miss bro time with Ardbert.
Really reminds me of Kingdom Hearts for some reason. Either way, it's a beautiful piece.
I think it's the prominent use of woodwind. KH's soundtrack _loves_ woodwind (for good reason, it has that comfy homely nostalgic feel), so whenever I hear it used heavily in a track I get KH vibes.
god, ardbert was such a good character
Ardbert is Best boi
More Than Truth
Not gonna lie, it's going to be pretty damn hard to top this expac...where the hell do we go from here?
Garlemald probably. If Ishikawa continues writing, you know it will be good.
@@BradleyMcCloud I was actually thinking it will be Garlemald as well. That seems to be the direction the narrative is heading.
@@Madmonkeman Especially after 5.1's MSQ....holy shit.
To the moon, bois.
@@tofuklops8159 Da mooooooooooon!
By the 12! make this an orchestra roll! When I get a house I'm making this the BGM and never changing it back
I use Dragonsong myself. As a sort of constant "memorial" for Haurchefant.
It might end up being the song we get at the very end of Shadowbringers. It's definitely the song I associate most with the expansion when I think of it.
I can't believe this isn't an Orchestrion Roll yet!
It took me until now to realize that this song's a remix of the Ultima Weapon battle theme (The Maker's Ruin).
RIP Ardbert - 2019
I would have also classed this as "The Warrior of Light" Theme
That is my thoughts exactly. The way it shows up in Ultima and Omega makes me feel like that It was more of a boss fight for Omega and Ultima than for us.
It is indeed THE main ARR theme more than anything. This plays in the towns in Eorzea. This is the core theme of Torn From the Heavens (used in some superfates, a few trials, and CM). This is the core theme for Praetorium and The Burn. So yes, this is very much the Warrior of Light's (player's) theme.
@@jaeusa160 I'm struggling to remember where this song turns up in town themes or A Land Long Dead, would you mind pointing it out to me?
Oliver Channelle Not this exact song, the leitmotif or "theme" if you will. Listen to this, then Praetorium's music, then Torn From The Heavens, and then teleport to Camp Bronze Lake. They, and more, are all different pieces using the same theme.
In Heavensward, for example, you could hear its main theme in Coerthas West, Ishgard proper, Aetherochemical Facility music, Thordan fight, Dusk Vigil, and more. I confused the Dusk Vigil one for Amdapor a bit since its the Heavensward theme but with the same kind of sounds as Amdapor.
Ardbert.. 💖
Is called "More Than Truth"
Thank you! I've been trying to find the name for this song forever!
Me, listening to this for the first time: . . .
_thats fucking ultima weapon_
Took me until a few days ago to realize this is Makers Ruin slowed down.
Let us imagine that the laws of reality are again undone, and the world faces true annihilation. Do you honestly believe that half your number would sacrifice themselves to save the other?!
OF COURSE THEY WOULDN'T!!!
Can't even trust the light anymore.
This is the song that plays on the Star Ruby and Star Sapphire music boxes, I've been trying to figure it out for days now.
Which is also a reprise of "The Maker's Ruin", yeah.
FeelStrongMan
Una pugnamus...unitis...
Una morimur...unitis...
Crystalle...
I wish there is more story bout how ardbeth and his comrade causing the flood... i'm dying to know it...
Make sure you do all of the role quests
@@futuredux by actual scene of it. Not by story telling. You know our bad habbit heroes. Peeking to someone memory by headaches 😂
@@adityanoviant8180 more like invasion of privacy, but for a good reason
I know, this expansion actually made me want a spin-off game about that!
The fucking makers ruin... The way they turned it into a nostalgic/sad song with the notes of hope hidden inside of it is fucking amazing
Ardbert
tfw one of the best ffxiv expansions is just a side story and stormblood never ended
The moment when you just think he could've appeared when you're changing your clothes. >.<
Also your character looks a lot like me!
It's fine. We're soulmates.
He was always there, even when you're changing clothes.
Ardbert♥
love that armor you have.were did you get it from Reitsuna
Uh WHAT armor are you wearing because GOD DAMN it looks so cool!